D-Day - II: The Secret War - Extra History
Added 2017-06-13 16:37:37 +0000 UTCThe planned Normandy landings were too obvious to hide from Germany - so Britain found other ways to deceive them.
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I have...well...a grievance with this episode. You guys kinda just...leapt over Canada. This kinda is my review of what you left out. You didn't mention that Canada accomplished most, if not all, (Details are sketchy) of their D-Day objectives. The 3rd Canadian Infantry had pushed the farthest inland of any of the other divisions. Eisenhower Called the Canadians the spearhead of D-day, they were at the front of wave and fought small battles throught the night. And soon they had face the 12th SS. Panzer Divison. The 9th brigade suffered the most casualties on the Normandy Landings, and even thought you took great care to distinguish the Canadians from the British, (Great job by the way), you just kinda missed their contributions. Another thing was the French Canadians had been in france for months before the invasion, rescuing shot down pilots and sending them back across the channel. They were essential in protecting the invasion, many of the pilots knew of the planned D-Day landing, and if cought by the Germans, they could have told all. I still love the series, but this disappointed me, as one of the many countries forgotten in history, got forgotten again.
Bumble
2017-07-18 03:55:55 +0000 UTChow meny eps of d day will ther be
schuyler
2017-06-28 21:59:43 +0000 UTCThanks for the added info on the UK part of the war. I didn't know there were 2 fake forces. I didn't know about the force appearing to threaten Norway. I also didn't know as much about the UK landings. I'd had the impression that their airborne prep had gone better than that. Now I know that it was largely taking advantage of surprise and confusion among the Germans. Good job, especially, on covering the crossword scare, and the Enigma intel. I think you left out that the Poles managed to smuggle an Enigma cipher machine to England, years before. When you get to Lies, please try to give coverage to the Polish contributions throughout the war. I say that as someone who has no Polish ancestry.
Bill Lemmond
2017-06-26 14:55:19 +0000 UTCSometimes we get it right! (I was proud of us too.)
Extra History
2017-06-22 06:00:24 +0000 UTCProps to the art team for correctly drawing the Canadian Red Ensign flag rather than the modern maple leaf flag. The Red Ensign is a rather obscure flag so high fives all round for getting it right. I love your commitment to detail, accuracy, and research. Cheers!
Joël Quenneville
2017-06-19 15:27:00 +0000 UTCThe level of detail they employed is really impressive.
Extra History
2017-06-14 21:59:09 +0000 UTCAw, nuts! The mistakes where we overshoot by trying to add *more* accuracy are the most awkward ones of all.
Extra History
2017-06-14 21:15:34 +0000 UTCEverybody to the limit!
Extra History
2017-06-14 21:10:39 +0000 UTCRommel's story will actually be part of Episode 4, when we get to things from the German perspective! Stanley Elton Hollis won't be, so I'm glad you shared it here. :)
Extra History
2017-06-14 21:10:31 +0000 UTCI want a desk built into my bed... probably a bad idea for my work-life balance, though. ;D
Extra History
2017-06-14 20:45:21 +0000 UTCThe counterintelligence operations around D-Day are one of my favorite little corners of history :-) And I didn't know about the puzzles! If anyone is wondering how they managed to make inflatable tanks realistic, they generally moved at night (which they would have if they were real tanks anyway), and they used sound recordings of moving armies and tank-tread stamps in the mud so that nobody wondered why the tanks didn't leave a trail behind them.
Lou Hartman
2017-06-14 19:42:05 +0000 UTCGreat episode as always but there error Sir Henry Rawlinson was commander of the 4th army during the Battle of the Somme in WW1 and he died in 1925.
Marco Honrade
2017-06-14 01:41:22 +0000 UTCCome on, fhqwhgads?
Jessica Cheeri
2017-06-13 18:59:40 +0000 UTCAwesome work! I've discovered the story about Agent Garbo recently and I was so excited to see him mentioned! I'd like to make two interesting points. First, I know you probably didn't have time but Rommel 'The Desert Fox' was in charge of the Atlantic Wall that the Allies had to breach. When the Normandy invasion started, he was at his wife's birthday but when he found out, he moved out two crack Panzer divisions to throw them back. If Hitler and the High Command hadn't stopped him (thanks in part to Agent Garbo), Rommel would have probably delayed the Normandy landings and destroyed the forces utterly. Second, I'd like to give a mention to Stanley Elton Hollis, a soldier in the Green Howards who landed on Gold Beach and is the only soldier to have won the Victoria Cross on D-Day. I volunteered at the Green Howards Museum ages ago which is how I found out so I hope others take the time to discover his story.
SparkyDJM1
2017-06-13 17:48:20 +0000 UTCThe British Prime Minister during the Second World War, Winston Churchill, had a specially-made Desk built into his Bed so that he and his Generals could continue Planning the D-Day Invasions late into the Night. It's also said of Churchill that he took the D-Day Plans with him into the Toilet. When he was asked how he could stand such late Hours, Churchill Replied, "Brandy and Cigars."
Martin Verran
2017-06-13 17:01:14 +0000 UTC
